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08-22-2008, 12:37 PM
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Location: Pawnee Nation
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Tulsa Designated a ‘Preserve America’ Community
Way to go, Tulsa.......................
TulsaBusiness.com – Tulsa Business online media newspaper Tulsa News ebusiness research journal
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The City of Tulsa has been designated as a Preserve America Community. Dr. Bob Blackburn, Oklahoma's State Historic Preservation Officer, made the presentation on Thursday, August 21 in the lobby of the Philtower, 427 S. Boston Ave.Marty Newman, a trustee with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, invited those present to attend the National Preservation Conference, expected to draw more than 2,500 visitors to Tulsa October 21-25, 2008.
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Tulsa joins other Preserve America Communities in Oklahoma - Ardmore, Durant, Newkirk, Ponca City and Shawnee - to receive this special national recognition.
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08-22-2008, 05:40 PM
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It's a shame they waited until some of the historic buildings were gone.
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08-22-2008, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Tulsa, OK, Traffic Circle Area
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It's a shame they waited until some of the historic buildings were gone.
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Actually, not a lot of them are gone, comparatively speaking.
There's still quite a bit of art-deco left in town. |
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08-23-2008, 06:20 AM
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Get rid of that stinkin thinkin!
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Fort Worth/Dallas
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I love the art deco in Tulsa. And BigOkie is right; there is quite a bit left.
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08-23-2008, 07:43 PM
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I know. I've been on the downtown tours. Guess I'm still missing the Camelot.
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09-05-2008, 02:39 PM
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I like these.
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